“Show and tell” is an important part of a lower Elementary day. This gives students opportunities to prepare a small speech or presentation about something they want to “show” and to “tell” others. It can be a favourite toy, a collection, a passion - anything that interests them or that follows a particular theme perhaps. This helps to build confidence for the speaker and to improve listening skills for the audience. Often students will ask and answer questions which helps them to appreciate that they need to have some background knowledge about their chosen subject. Grade 1 students have recently been showcasing their “show and tell” skills.
Grade 3 students have continued thinking about how technology and tools are created, using the Design Thinking Process to guide their thoughts. Students reflected on life in school and shared problems or issues they had noticed or could EMPATHISE with.Then they worked to clearly DEFINE what caused these problems. Students began to discuss and sketch possible solutions during the IDEATE stage. After collecting their materials, students made their chosen PROTOTYPE design. To see if it solved the problem, they had to TEST and if necessary go back to the Ideate stage and change their prototype. At this stage of the design process, many students began getting feedback from other students in class. Children shared their designs and gave and received feedback and when Ms. Hima visited class, she also gave the designers feedback using the Ladder of Feedback routine. Middle School students made the most of our two campuses this week! On Thursday afternoon, Ms Dayal took her Grade 8 MYP Science class to visit the High School Physics laboratory to investigate electromagnets with our G6-12 Scientific Literacies Coordinator, Mr Vaughan. Students had a wonderful time, and really appreciated the hands-on experience to learn Science at the Preston campus. In what was an enjoyable and creative way to overcome field trip restrictions, the students were the final winners - as they received the best learning by far from our resident expert! Thank you to Ms Dayal and Mr Vaughan for facilitating this visit. Have a lovely weekend, Susan Tilney. Comments are closed.
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Susan Tilney
Paterson Principal Archives
April 2020
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